Asus Crosshair

jlss · 15 Mar 2008 at 15:45

Hi people just a few questions with this board.

I have a AMD 5000+ Black Edition to go with this and a BFG 8800gt card

1. Will these both work with the crosshair board.

2. Says it's sata but can i run SATA-II hard drives or just sata drives.

3. I don't suppose i ever will but if i got one more 8800 card will it run both cards in sli.

4. Whats the best memory.

Thanks

Chimerical · 15 Mar 2008 at 15:53

Have you already bought the Crosshair board?

helmutcheese · 15 Mar 2008 at 16:06

I did not want to be 1st to say this, but if not bought that Mobo dont, cause its a POS, Google all the issues with it and I had 1st hand use of 1 till it fried and wasted 2 6000+ CPU's (burn marks in same place as all others).

Then there is PS2 (not sure if same for USB) Mouse/KB not working at most Startups till you unplug/replug which fixes most times.

Infact I could go on but I wont as Im glad it fried now.

jlss · 15 Mar 2008 at 16:16

I have not actually bought a mobo yet just looking wondered if it was any good but looks like i'll look at others now.

any ideas???

Chimerical · 15 Mar 2008 at 16:19

Buy an AMD chipset board, like an AM2+ socket board, if you already own the AMD CPU that is.

Chimerical · 15 Mar 2008 at 16:24

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-254-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=808

KDU · 16 Mar 2008 at 19:42

Done a few Crosshair builds and they have all gone like a dream with no problems. I recommend them

bluestreak101 · 2 May 2008 at 16:17

jlss said:
Hi people just a few questions with this board.

I have a AMD 5000+ Black Edition to go with this and a BFG 8800gt card

1. Will these both work with the crosshair board.

2. Says it's sata but can i run SATA-II hard drives or just sata drives.

3. I don't suppose i ever will but if i got one more 8800 card will it run both cards in sli.

4. Whats the best memory.

Thanks

I own a Crosshair motherboard and it works like a dream for me.

It will take the 5000+ and 8800GT without a problem, It is a SATA-II motherboard so it will take your drives fine, but as a tip for the future, all SATA-II devices are backwards compatible (or at least the ones I know about are!).

Yes you can add a second 8800GT into the board, it is SLi capable.

Memory wise I would just go with what you can afford, I have some Corsair XMS 6400 4-4-4-12 (2GB) and it runs everything I use very well, and its not all that pricey.